A Droplet Digital PCR Method for Detection of Newcastle Disease Virus

This experiment was conducted to establish a droplet digital PCR (ddPCR) method for the detection of Newcastle disease virus (NDV). A ddPCR method was developed, which the primers and probes were designed based on the conservative regions of F gene of NDV. The concentration of primer and probe, the annealing temperature in ddPCR reaction were optimized. The sensitivity, specificity and reproducibility of ddPCR method were evaluated. In results, the optimal primer concentration and the probe concentration were 900 and 250 nmol·L^-1, the optimum annealing temperature was 55℃. The detection limit of ddPCR method was 1.8 copies·μL^-1 with a good linear response, it had no cross reaction with other six viruses (include IBV), the coefficient of variation of sample repetition was 2.4%. All the results showed that NDV ddPCR was sensitive and specific, it was suitable for quantitative detection of clinical samples infected with NDV.     

牛支原体间接免疫酶标组织化学检测方法的建立

为建立检测牛支原体的间接免疫组织化学(简称免疫组化)方法,分别以鸡抗牛支原体(Mycoplasma bovis)IgY、羊抗鸡IgG-HRP为一抗和二抗,对牛支原体菌体涂片和牛支原体阳性肺脏组织切片进行免疫组化染色,并对染色条件进行优化,确定组织触片及组织切片的最佳免疫组化条件。在最佳条件下对病死犊牛病料切片进行免疫组化检测,并以细菌分离培养和PCR方法进行验证。结果显示,免疫组化法阳性标本与分离培养和PCR结果相符,而阴性对照和替代试验均为阴性。结果表明本试验建立的间接免疫组化方法可用于检测临床病例组织样本及培养物中的牛支原体,具有特异性和可靠性,为探究该病原在机体内的定位、动态分布规律及致病机理提供了手段。     

副鸡嗜血杆菌16 S rDNA PCR检测方法的建立

根据副鸡嗜血杆菌的16 S rDNA基因序列设计一对特异性引物XZIC1和XZIC2,对6株副鸡嗜血杆菌进行PCR扩增。结果显示,该对引物对6株副鸡嗜血杆菌均扩增出与预期大小相一致的282bp片段,而对鸡毒支原体、禽巴氏杆菌、鸡传染性支气管炎病毒、鸡新城疫病毒、大肠埃希菌、鸡白痢沙门菌、禽流感病毒(H9)、鸡喉气管炎病毒及葡萄球菌等9种病原体的扩增结果均为阴性。该PCR敏感性结果表明,本方法可以检测到10pg的副鸡嗜血杆菌DNA模板。采用引物XZIC1和XZIC2,对分别用副鸡嗜血杆菌ctcc253、ctcc255、ctcc257、ctcc269株感染SPF鸡的临床病料DNA进行PCR扩增,均可扩增出单一的282bp的片段。     

Evaluation of a Commercial Activity Monitor for Determining Step Counts in Horses

Monitoring activity level has become popular in people and animals. In the horse, these monitors may be helpful for the detection of disease, monitor limb loading after surgery, and assist in rehabilitation. The objective of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of a commercial activity monitor (AM) (FitBit Zip) in horses. In Part 1, four stalled horses had five AMs placed (head, chest, withers, and left forelimb and hindlimbs) with stride length setting of 60.96 cm and were monitored for 24 hours with AM and video. In Part 2, four stalled horses had two AMs placed (left forelimb and hindlimbs) with stride length setting of 30.48 cm and were monitored for 24 hours with AM and video. In Part 3, three horses with two AMs (left forelimb and hindlimbs) had step data collected at the walk and trot in hand by AM and video. AM and video data were compared using Pearson’s correlation coefficients and by calculating AM to video step count ratios. In Part 1, there was considerable movement of AMs at the chest and withers, but head and limb mounted AMs were more secure. In Part 2, video and AM activity counts were moderate to high for forelimb and hindlimbs with R² values of 0.82 and 0.74, respectively. From Part 3, AMs mounted on either forelimb or hindlimbs approximately doubled the step counts compared to the video. While this AM did not accurately count steps, it may be able to provide general information on activity level in the stalled horses.     

应用RT—PCR方法检测鸭病毒性肝炎新型和I型病毒

鸭病毒性肝炎病毒是危害养鸭业的重要病毒性传染病,主要感染低日龄雏鸭,临床上分离到的病原主要为鸭病毒性肝炎I型病毒和鸭病毒性肝炎新型病毒,为了加快本病的检测速度,尽快确诊病原,根据GeneBank上两种毒株的基因组序列,选择两种毒株的差异基因序列分别设计了一对特异性的检测引物,将两对引物放在一个PCR反应体系中,两种毒株分别进行特异性扩增,根据扩增片段的大小进行鉴别,建立了可以同时检测鸭病毒性肝炎病毒I型和新型毒株的复合RT—PCR方法,该检测方法快速,特异性强,灵敏性高,可以用于鸭病毒性肝炎病毒的分型鉴别检测。     

李氏杆菌研究进展

李氏杆菌病是一种重要的人畜共患传染病 ,主要由单核细胞增多性李氏杆菌引起 ,呈世界性分布。文章回顾了李氏杆菌的分离鉴定、培养、分型等生物学特性以及与其毒力有关的基因功能方面的研究进展 ,着重就该病诊断和检测的重要性以及 EL ISA和 PCR检测方法进行了概述 ,同时对该病的免疫预防和今后的研究重点进了探讨     

HRP直接标记属特异性基因探针检测沙门氏菌的研究

以活化辣根过氧化物酶复合物（ＨＲＰ—ＰＢＱ—ＰＥＩ＋—ＮＨ３＋）直接标记沙门氏菌属特异性ＤＮＡ探针ｐＬＳ２和ｐＬＳ３，探针与靶ＤＮＡ杂交后催化发光底物，经增强型化学发光反应（ＥＣＬ），用普通Ｘ光胶片自显影（ＣＰＤ）检测沙门氏菌。经狭缝杂交（Ｓｌｏｔｂｌｏｔ），该法标记探针均可检测到０．１ｐｇ的纯质粒ＤＮＡ及１０３个未经培养的鼠伤寒沙门氏菌。Ｄｏｔ—ｂｌｏｔ杂交结果证明，ＨＲＰ标记的探针仅与沙门氏菌属细菌杂交，而与试验的其他肠道非沙门氏菌不杂交。本研究表明，ＨＲＰ直接标记基因探针化学发光自显影法检测沙门氏菌，安全、快速、简便，且有高度的敏感性和特异性，是一种有较大应用前景的非放射性标记探针杂交检测方法。     

用套式PCR方法对几种猪用冻干疫苗的PCV2检测

参照Genbank已发表的猪圆环病毒2型的基因序列,取其比较保守的基因片段ORF2,利用引物设计软件Oli-go5.0设计两对PCV2型特异的引物,其中第一对引物扩增跨度为ORF2全基因片段,长度为702 bp,第二对引物扩增ORF2中间的一个小片段,跨度大小为494 bp.首先用第一对引物扩增阳性DNA,阳性DNA的浓度从10-1稀释到10-11,然后以第一次PCR产物为模板,用第二对引物进行PCR,发现这种套式PCR的方法比用普通PCR灵敏度提高102倍.同这种套式PCR方法对广东省市场上出售的几种猪用弱毒疫苗进行猪圆环病毒2型检测,结果发现这几种疫苗全部为阴性,本实验说明目前广东市场上出售的弱毒疫苗在制作过程中没有受到PCV2的污染,解除了广大猪场主的顾虑.